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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...LaVerne Braddock, a caseworker in Wayne County, says she has "never run into so many cases of child abuse in so-called stable families as I have in the past two months. Parents say they can't afford to feed their children. They just lash out at whatever is there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Hard Times for Kids Too | 3/17/1975 | See Source »

...Died. James J. Braddock, 68, heavyweight champion of the world (1935-37); in North Bergen, NJ. After a promising start as a middleweight in the '20s, Braddock's luck faltered. During the Depression he worked on the docks and went on the dole, but he kept on fighting -and losing. After a surprise victory in 1934, he disposed of three strong contenders for the heavyweight crown and earned a shot at Champion Max Baer's title. Braddock skillfully outboxed Baer for 15 rounds, winning a unanimous decision and Damon Runyon's sobriquet "the Cinderella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 9, 1974 | 12/9/1974 | See Source »

...differently your nth time around. Because there is something rotten about it. Purportedly, it describes a late 60s generation gap. But in doing so, it unwittingly calls attention to the gap between the 60s and the 50s from which the vision of the movie is more credibly derived. Benjamin Braddock's is, after all, for someone fresh from the nerve center of an Eastern college, an awfully confused alienation. His father asks, "Well, what do you want?" and a mumbling "I don't know" is the most he manages. This in '67 when anti-war protest was at its heyday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 8/14/1973 | See Source »

...differently your nth time around. Because there is something rotten about it. Purportedly, it describes a late 60s generation gap. But in doing so, it unwittingly calls attention to the gap between the 60s and the 50s from which the vision of the movie is more credibly derived. Benjamin Braddock's is, after all, for someone fresh from the nerve center of an Eastern college, an awfully confused alienation. His father asks, "Well, what do you want?" and a mumbling "I don't know" is the most he manages. This in '67 when anti-war protest was at its heyday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 8/10/1973 | See Source »

...differently your nth time around. Because there is something rotten about it. Purportedly, it describes a late 60s generation gap. But in doing so, it unwittingly calls attention to the gap between the 60s and the 50s, from which television of the movie is more credibly derived. Benjamin Braddock's is, after all, for someone fresh from the nerve center of an Eastern college, an awfully confused alienation. His father asks, "Well, what do you want?" and a mumbling "I don't know" is most he manages. This in 1967 when anti-war protest was at its heyday! The Beats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 8/7/1973 | See Source »

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